Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Chinese Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
你好吗？
Good Evening
God aften
晚上好
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
下午好
Good Morning
God morgen
早上好
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
我爱你
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
原谅我
Dialect 1
Scanian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Sweden
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Denmark
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Hong Kong
Native Name
dansk
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
danois
cantonais
German Name
Dänisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 1100 AD
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
da
No data available
ISO 639 3
dan
No data available
Glottocode
dani1284
cant1236
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Danish and Cantonese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Cantonese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Danish vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.